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The Bible contains a passage where it says it became dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus. NASA discovered a total eclipse did actually occur in Jerusalem on 24 November 29 CE at around 11AM. This fact got dismissed by the Church because the date is not in accordance with Easter.

That, in 1504, Christopher Columbus scientifically predicted that a lunar eclipse would occur, and used that knowledge to scare the natives into giving him food by making them believe that he had magically made the moon disappear.

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1. The ancient Babylonians worked out that there are solar eclipses that occur 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours apart. This period, 223 lunar cycles, is called the Saros cycle. The 1999 eclipse and this year's eclipse are Saros cycle solar eclipses.

2. In an act of rare serendipity, the longest eclipse to occur in several hundred years coincided with the development of the supersonic Concorde. So naturally, astronomers chartered the plane to "[chase] the eclipse across the Earth at twice the speed of sound."

3. Three times a year is the maximum time a lunar eclipse usually occurs.

4. A full lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes directly in front of a full moon.

5. The "Great American Eclipse" will occur on August 21 this year, and will be the first total eclipse visible in the continental US since 1979

6. An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is too far from Earth therefore causing it to appear as a black circle surrounded by sunlight

7. The Sarcos Cycle refers to the repeating cycles of solar eclipses which occur every 18 years and 11 days.

8. All solar eclipses are new moons and all lunar eclipses are full moons, but the opposite isn't true because the moon orbits the earth in a different plane than the earth orbits the sun. Only when the moon crosses the earth's orbital plane during a new or full moon does an eclipse occur.

9. Christopher Columbus used lunar eclipse predictions to trick the indigenous people of Jamaica into resuming supplying food to him. The day the eclipse was predicted to occur, he told them his god was angry and would signal his anger by making the rising full Moon appear "inflamed with wrath".

10. In 585 BC a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. Soldiers of both kings put down their weapons. The battle was over. And so was the war.

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A total solar eclipse occurred over the Atlantic just two days after the Titanic sank. The new moon necessary for an eclipse was what made the night sky exceptionally dark and starry during the sinking.

Blood moon occurs only while a total lunar eclipse because Earth blocks all sunlight reaching to moon except scattering from Earth atmosphere and this scattering light is red - source

When the Moon passes through the prenumbral shadow of the Earth, a prenumbral lunar eclipse has occurred.

The Eclipse of Thales, a solar eclipse that occurred during a battle between the Medes and the Lydians. The eclipse was interpreted as an omen and the fighting immediately stopped and they agreed to a truce.

Eclipses are so predictable because of something called Saros Cycle, which shows that when an eclipse occurs, the almost identical celestial conditions will occur again in 18 years, 10 or 11 days (depending on leap years), and 8 hours. - source

Most solar eclipses are partial with a total solar eclipse occurring once every 1 and a half years.

The longest total solar eclipse between 4000BC and 8000AD will occur on July 16, 2186

"spring tides" which are very drastic due to the combined effects of the gravitational force of the Moon and the Sun on Earth occur during solar eclipses

Chris Columbus once successfully intimidated Jamaican locals by correctly predicting a total lunar eclipse. He said that if they stopped providing for him and his crew, God would get angry and make the moon disappear. When the eclipse actually occurred, they begged for God's forgiveness.

When the Moon, Sun, and Earth line up, an eclipse occurs.

In 585 BC a solar eclipse occurred in the middle of a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. They promptly ceased fighting and signed a peace treaty.